Where Do Jonathan Law and Joseph A. Foran Rank Among State's Top 100 Public High Schools?

MILFORD, CT — As the 2017-18 school year kicks off, parents and students heading to their first day of school can see how their school district stacks up against others in the state as Niche.com has released its annual rankings of best schools in the state and country.

The list of the best public high schools in Connecticut was compiled by based on criteria such as academics and outcomes. Fairfield County claims six of the top 10 spots, with Hartford County grabbing three spots and one to New Haven County.

In Milford, Joseph A. Foran High School came in at No. 60 on the state's list of top high schools and Jonathan Law placed No. 75.

Niche, a website for researching schools, used a variety of factors, including SAT/ACT scores, student-teacher ratio, the quality of colleges students consider and reviews from students and parents for its ranking. Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district.

The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. (To receive free news alerts from your hometown in Connecticut click here.)

Here is the list of the best public high schools in Connecticut:

1. New Canaan High School
2. Staples High School - Westport
3. Greenwich High School
4. Darien High School
5. Weston High School
6. Wilton High School
7. Glastonbury High School
8. Simsbury High School
9. Conard High School- West Hartford
10. Ridgefield High School
11. The Academy of Information Technology - Stamford
12. Avon High School
13. Joel Barlow High School - Redding
14. Fairfield Warde High School
15. Farmington High School
16. East Lyme High School
17. Fairfield Ludlowe High School
18. Masuk High School - Monroe
19. Trumbull High School
20. Hall High School - West Hartford
21. Newtown High School
22. Academy of Aerospace & Engineering - Hartford
23. Valley Regional High School - Deep River
24. Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy - East Hartford
25. Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut - Groton
26. The Woodstock Academy - Woodstock
27. Pomperaug Regional High School - Southbury
28. Canton High School
29. Guilford High School
30. Lyme-Old Lyme High School - Old Lyme
31. Norwich Free Academy - Norwich
32. North Haven High School
33. Suffield High School
34. Cheshire High School
35. Daniel Hand High School - Madison
36. Bethel High School
37. Litchfield High School
38. E. O. Smith High School - Mansfield
39. Westbrook High School - Westbrook
40. South Windsor High School
41. Granby Memorial High School
42. Ledyard High School
43. East Hampton High School
44. Plainville High School
45. RHAM High School - Hebron
46. Brookfield High School
47. New Milford High School
48. University High School of Science and Engineering - Hartford
49. Haddam-Killingworth High School - Higganum
50. Lewis S. Mills High School - Burlington
51. Rocky Hill High School
52. Bolton High School
53. Engineering-Science University Magnet School - New Haven
54. Waterford High School
55. Oxford High School
56. Old Saybrook High School
57. Mark T. Sheehan High School - Wallingford
58. Housatonic Valley Regional High School - Falls Village
59. Waterbury Arts Magnet School - Waterbury
60. Joseph A. Foran High School - Milford
61. East Granby High School - East Granby
62. Westhill High School - Stamford
63. Branford High School - Branford
64. Lyman Hall High School - Wallingford
65. Cromwell High School
66. Southington High School
67. Robert E. Fitch High School - Groton
68. Nonnewaug High School - Woodbury
69. Coginchaug Regional High School - Durham
70. Common Ground High School - New Haven
71. The Morgan School - Clinton
72. Newington High School
73. Stonington High School
74. Bacon Academy - Colchester
75. Jonathan Law High School - Milford
76. Northwestern Regional High School - Winsted
77. North Branford High School
78. Somers High School
79. Montville High School
80. Shelton High School
81. Bristol Central High School
82. Manchester High School
83. Coventry High School
84. Windsor High School
85. Brien McMahon High School - Norwalk
86. Wethersfield High School
87. Nathan Hale-Ray High School - East Haddam
88. Ellington High School
89. Hamden High School
90. Medical Professions & Teacher Preparation Academy - Windsor
91. Wamogo Regional High School - Litchfield
92. Enfield High School
93. Ansonia High School
94. Middletown High School
95. Portland High School
96. Cooperative High School - New Haven
97. Tolland High School - Tolland
98. Shepaug Valley School - Washington
99. Danbury High School

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